Table 7. Coverage rates under employer sponsored pension plans: private wage and salary workers by industry and occupation, 1999 (workers in thousands)
Item	Total		Covered by plan		Not covered by plan		Don't know if covered by plan
	Number of workers	Percent	Number of workers	Percent	Number of workers	Percent	Number of workers	Percent
Total	98,233	100	43,213	44	42,074	43	12,946	13
Industry
Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries	1,490	100	226	15	1,069	72	194	13
Mining	513	100	319	62	155	30	39	8
Construction	5,621	100	1,645	29	3,253	58	723	13
Manufacturing-Durable goods	12,169	100	7,892	65	3,140	26	1,137	9
Manufacturing-non-Durable goods	7,522	100	4,550	60	2,234	30	738	10
Transportation	4,447	100	2,281	51	1,645	37	520	12
Communications and Utilities	2,848	100	2,091	73	513	18	244	9
Wholesale trade	4,570	100	2,304	50	1,714	38	552	12
Retail trade	19,966	100	4,890	24	11,215	56	3,861	19
Finance, Insurance, and Real     Estate	7,684	100	4,414	57	2,489	32	781	10
Services	31,403	100	12,602	40	14,646	47	4,156	13
Occupation
Executive, administrative &     managerial	13,626	100	8,426	62	4,194	31	1,006	7
Professional specialty	11,738	100	6,857	58	3,812	32	1,069	9
Technicians and related support	3,502	100	2,001	57	1,193	34	307	9
Sales	13,199	100	4,919	37	6,108	46	2,172	16
Administrative support, including     clerical	14,213	100	6,485	46	5,891	41	1,837	13
Private household	508	100	4	1	469	92	35	7
Protective service	716	100	201	28	367	51	149	21
Services, except protective &     household	11,625	100	1,871	16	7,316	63	2,438	21
Farming, forestry, and fishing	1,451	100	166	11	1,043	72	242	17
Precision production, craft & repair	11,836	100	5,741	49	4,707	40	1,388	12
Machine operators,     assemblers & inspectors	7,090	100	3,509	50	2,685	38	895	13
Transportation and material moving	4,298	100	1,714	40	1,965	46	619	14
Handlers, equipment     cleaners, helpers, laborers	4,431	100	1,319	30	2,323	52	789	18

NOTE: Excludes self-employed incorporated workers.

SOURCE: Current Population Survey: February 1999 Contingent Work Supplement.